rex
noun
king.
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rex
1 American
[r eks, reks]
/ rɛks, rɛks /
noun
Latin.
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reges
plural
Rex
2
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[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
3
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[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
British
/ rɛks /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Rex
After Christus Rex, title of a publication put out by its founders
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Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A relatively small carnivore might have regarded a human as worthwhile prey, whereas an enormous hunter such as T. rex may have preferred much larger animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
A fractured rib from Scotty, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, is giving researchers a rare look at dinosaur biology from 66 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The finding supports the picture of T. rex as an active predator or scavenger with a relatively fast metabolism rather than a sluggish animal that depended heavily on basking in the sun.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Kind of like a Tyrannosaurus rex combined with an airplane, if an airplane flapped its wings really hard.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
"These kind of impacts are not normal. They're unprecedented for our community," said Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson during a weekend press conference.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Although the announcements bode well for the industry, Bill Birmingham, the head of research at Rex Financial, noted that they are mostly focused on setting standards for now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
San Clemente has produced such tight ends as Isaac Rex and Cole Fotheringham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rex Frazier, a former deputy commissioner at the California Department of Insurance, said that in the situation that the insurers find themselves, the state regulator will be looking at a company’s capital sufficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
And Rex Rollins says, “It was just an expression! We’ve got to get this show open on Broadway first!”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
The achivi is the people, and the McClellanists are the reges.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
On his refusing this honour, Mary wrote, or caused to be written, the following lines in Latin and French: Sunt comites, ducesque alii; sunt denique reges; Sethom dominum sit satis esse mihi.
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
The central emblem is that of the Trinity, with a "chronogram" indicating the year 1634 thus:—sInt DoMUs hUjUs pII reges nUtrItII regInae nUtrICes pIae.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Philip Walsingham Sergeant
Of Master Richard's speaking with the King's Grace: and how he was taken for it Et nunc reges intelligite: erudimini qui judicatis terram.
From The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Robert Hugh Benson
"Et nunc, reges, intelligite; erudimini, qui judicatis terram:" Understand now, ye kings of the earth; learn, ye who judge the world.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
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